Joan Blondell

Joan Blondell

Known for
Acting
Born
August 30, 1906
Died
December 25, 1979 (aged 73)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Rose Joan Blondell (August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an American actress. After winning a beauty pageant, Blondell embarked upon a film career. Establishing herself as a sexy wisecracking blonde, she was a pre-Code staple of Warner Brothers and appeared in more than 100 movies and television productions. She was most active in films during the 1930s, and during this time she co-starred with Glenda Farrell in nine films, in which the duo portrayed gold-diggers. Blondell continued acting for the rest of her life, often in small character roles or supporting television roles. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in The Blue Veil (1951). Blondell was seen in featured roles in two films, Grease (1978) and the remake of The Champ (1979), released shortly before her death from leukemia.

Known For

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Filmography

2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression poster

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2008
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film poster

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2008
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story poster

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

Movie · as Self

2006
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound poster

Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2003
Complicated Women poster

Complicated Women

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire poster

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1990
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge poster

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s poster

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Movie · as (archive footage)

1981
The Woman Inside poster

The Woman Inside

Movie · as Aunt Coll

1979
The Glove poster

The Glove

Movie · as Mrs. Fitzgerald

1979
The Champ poster

The Champ

Movie · as Dolly Kenyon

1979
$weepstake$

$weepstake$

TV · as Mme. Grimaldi · 1 ep

1979
The Rebels poster

The Rebels

TV · as Mrs. Brumple · 2 eps

1978
Grease poster

Grease

Movie · as Vi

1978
Battered poster

Battered

Movie · as Edna Thompson

1978
Fantasy Island poster

Fantasy Island

TV · as Naomi Gittings · 1 ep

1977
Opening Night poster

Opening Night

Movie · as Sarah Goode

1977
The Baron poster

The Baron

Movie · as Mama Lou

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Ramona Bevans · 1 ep

1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood poster

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Movie · as Landlady

1976
Death at Love House poster

Death at Love House

Movie · as Marcella Geffenhart

1975
The Dead Don't Die poster

The Dead Don't Die

Movie · as Levenia

1975
Winner Take All poster

Winner Take All

Movie · as Beverly Craig

1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? poster

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1975
Switch poster

Switch

TV · as Mrs. Lear · 1 ep

1975
Starsky & Hutch poster

Starsky & Hutch

TV · as Mrs. Pruitt · 2 eps

1973
Police Story poster

Police Story

TV · 1 ep

1973
The Snoop Sisters poster

The Snoop Sisters

TV · as Madame Mimi · 1 ep

1972
The Rookies poster

The Rookies

TV · 1 ep

1972
Banyon poster

Banyon

TV · as Peggy Revere · 15 eps

1971
Support Your Local Gunfighter poster

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Movie · as Jenny

1971
The New Dick Van Dyke Show poster

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

TV · as Aunt Louise · 1 ep

1970
The Phynx poster

The Phynx

Movie · as Ruby

1970
McCloud poster

McCloud

TV · 1 ep

1969
Big Daddy poster

Big Daddy

Movie

1969
Medical Center poster

Medical Center

TV · as Doris · 1 ep

1969
Love, American Style poster

Love, American Style

TV · 2 eps

1968
Stay Away, Joe poster

Stay Away, Joe

Movie · as Glenda Callahan

1968
Kona Coast poster

Kona Coast

Movie · as Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark

1968
Here Come the Brides poster

Here Come the Brides

TV · as Lottie Hatfield · 52 eps

1968
The Name of the Game poster

The Name of the Game

TV · as Miss Wall · 1 ep

1968
The Outsider poster

The Outsider

TV · as Sadie Burch · 1 ep

1967
The Spy in the Green Hat poster

The Spy in the Green Hat

Movie · as Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto

1967
Winchester '73 poster

Winchester '73

Movie · as Larouge

1967
Waterhole #3 poster

Waterhole #3

Movie · as Lavinia

1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett poster

The Guns of Will Sonnett

TV · as Miss Lottie · 1 ep

1966
Ride Beyond Vengeance poster

Ride Beyond Vengeance

Movie · as Mrs. Lavender

1966
Family Affair poster

Family Affair

TV · 1 ep

1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. poster

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

TV · as Madame · 1 ep

1966
That Girl poster

That Girl

TV · 1 ep

1966
Summer Fun

Summer Fun

TV · 1 ep

1965
The Cincinnati Kid poster

The Cincinnati Kid

Movie · as Lady Fingers

1965
The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle poster

The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle

Movie · as Self

1965
Kilroy poster

Kilroy

Movie · as Rose Kelsey

1964
Advance to the Rear poster

Advance to the Rear

Movie · as Easy Jenny

1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. poster

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

TV · as Mrs. Fingers Stilletto · 1 ep

1963
Burke's Law poster

Burke's Law

TV · as Ethel Kronkeit, Candy Sturdevant · 1 ep

1963
Petticoat Junction poster

Petticoat Junction

TV · as Florabelle Campbell · 1 ep

1963
Vacation Playhouse

Vacation Playhouse

TV · as Miss Zilke · 1 ep

1963
The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

TV · as T.T. Hill · 1 ep

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · as Mrs. Melvin Freebie · 1 ep

1962
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

TV · as Rosanna Dobie · 1 ep

1962
The Lucy Show poster

The Lucy Show

TV · as Joan Brenner · 2 eps

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1961
Angel Baby poster

Angel Baby

Movie · as Mollie Hays

1961
Dr. Kildare poster

Dr. Kildare

TV · as Dolly Marlowe · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1960
My Three Sons poster

My Three Sons

TV · as Harriet Blanchard · 1 ep

1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show poster

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

TV · as Helene Terry · 1 ep

1959
A Marriage of Strangers poster

A Marriage of Strangers

Movie · as Mrs. Patrick

1959
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Phyllis Britt · 1 ep

1959
Adventures in Paradise poster

Adventures in Paradise

TV · as Millicent Brass · 1 ep

1959
The Untouchables poster

The Untouchables

TV · as Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall · 1 ep

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Lillian Manfred · 1 ep

1957
Desk Set poster

Desk Set

Movie · as Peg Costello

1957
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? poster

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Movie · as Violet

1957
This Could Be the Night poster

This Could Be the Night

Movie · as Crystal St. Clair

1957
Lizzie poster

Lizzie

Movie · as Aunt Morgan

1957
Child of Trouble poster

Child of Trouble

Movie · as Helen Green

1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar poster

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1957
The Real McCoys poster

The Real McCoys

TV · as Aunt Win · 3 eps

1956
The Opposite Sex poster

The Opposite Sex

Movie · as Edith Potter

1955
Playwrights '56

Playwrights '56

TV · 1 ep

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · as Rose Kelsey · 1 ep

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Joan Preston · 1 ep

1951
The Blue Veil poster

The Blue Veil

Movie · as Annie Rawlins

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV · as Calamity Jane · 1 ep

1950
For Heaven's Sake poster

For Heaven's Sake

Movie · as Daphne Peters

1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour poster

The Colgate Comedy Hour

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1950
Lux Video Theatre poster

Lux Video Theatre

TV · as May · 1 ep

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1949
Suspense poster

Suspense

TV · as Clara · 1 ep

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Ruth Breen · 1 ep

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1947
Nightmare Alley poster

Nightmare Alley

Movie · as Zeena Krumbein

1947
Christmas Eve poster

Christmas Eve

Movie · as Ann Nelson

1947
The Corpse Came C.O.D. poster

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

Movie · as Rosemary Durant

1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn poster

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Movie · as Aunt Sissy

1945
Adventure poster

Adventure

Movie · as Helen Melohn

1945
Don Juan Quilligan poster

Don Juan Quilligan

Movie · as Marjorie Mossrock

1943
Cry 'Havoc' poster

Cry 'Havoc'

Movie · as Grace

1942
Lady for a Night poster

Lady for a Night

Movie · as Jenny Blake

1941
Topper Returns poster

Topper Returns

Movie · as Gail Richards

1941
Three Girls About Town poster

Three Girls About Town

Movie · as Hope Banner

1941
Model Wife poster

Model Wife

Movie · as Joan Keating Chambers

1940
Two Girls on Broadway poster

Two Girls on Broadway

Movie · as Molly Mahoney

1940
I Want a Divorce poster

I Want a Divorce

Movie · as Geraldine Brokaw

1939
East Side of Heaven poster

East Side of Heaven

Movie · as Mary Wilson

1939
The Kid from Kokomo poster

The Kid from Kokomo

Movie · as Doris Harvey

1939
Good Girls Go to Paris poster

Good Girls Go to Paris

Movie · as Jenny Swanson

1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams poster

The Amazing Mr. Williams

Movie · as Maxine Carroll

1939
Off the Record poster

Off the Record

Movie · as Jane Morgan

1939
Breakdowns of 1939 poster

Breakdowns of 1939

Movie · as Self

1938
There's Always a Woman poster

There's Always a Woman

Movie · as Sally Reardon

1937
The Perfect Specimen poster

The Perfect Specimen

Movie · as Mona Carter

1937
Stand-In poster

Stand-In

Movie · as Lester Plum

1937
The King and the Chorus Girl poster

The King and the Chorus Girl

Movie · as Miss Dorothy Ellis

1937
Back in Circulation poster

Back in Circulation

Movie · as 'Timmy' Blake

1937
Talent Scout poster

Talent Scout

Movie · as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)

1936
Bullets or Ballots poster

Bullets or Ballots

Movie · as Lee Morgan

1936
Gold Diggers of 1937 poster

Gold Diggers of 1937

Movie · as Norma Perry

1936
Colleen poster

Colleen

Movie · as Minnie Hawkins

1936
Three Men on a Horse poster

Three Men on a Horse

Movie · as Mabel

1936
Sons o' Guns poster

Sons o' Guns

Movie · as Yvonne

1936
Stage Struck poster

Stage Struck

Movie · as Peggy Revere

1936
One And One Is One poster

One And One Is One

Movie · as Herself

1936
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5" poster

Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5"

Movie

1936
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning" poster

Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"

Movie

1936
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 3, Normie" poster

Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 3, Normie"

Movie

1935
Broadway Gondolier poster

Broadway Gondolier

Movie · as Alice Hughes

1935
We're in the Money poster

We're in the Money

Movie · as Ginger Stewart

1935
Miss Pacific Fleet poster

Miss Pacific Fleet

Movie · as Gloria Fay

1935
Traveling Saleslady poster

Traveling Saleslady

Movie · as Angela Twitchell

1935
Things You Never See on the Screen poster

Things You Never See on the Screen

Movie · as Self

1935
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8

Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8

Movie

1934
Dames poster

Dames

Movie · as Mabel Anderson

1934
He Was Her Man poster

He Was Her Man

Movie · as Rose Lawrence

1934
Smarty poster

Smarty

Movie · as Vicki

1934
Kansas City Princess poster

Kansas City Princess

Movie · as Rosie Sturges

1934
I've Got Your Number poster

I've Got Your Number

Movie · as Marie Lawson

1934
Hollywood Newsreel poster

Hollywood Newsreel

Movie · as Self

1934
And She Learned About Dames poster

And She Learned About Dames

Movie · as Herself

1933
Blondie Johnson poster

Blondie Johnson

Movie · as Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson

1933
Gold Diggers of 1933 poster

Gold Diggers of 1933

Movie · as Carol

1933
Footlight Parade poster

Footlight Parade

Movie · as Nan

1933
Just Around the Corner poster

Just Around the Corner

Movie · as Mrs. Graham

1933
Goodbye Again poster

Goodbye Again

Movie · as Anne Rogers

1933
Havana Widows poster

Havana Widows

Movie · as Mae Knight

1933
Broadway Bad poster

Broadway Bad

Movie · as Tony Landers

1933
Convention City poster

Convention City

Movie · as Nancy Lorraine

1932
The Greeks Had a Word for Them poster

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

Movie · as Schatzi Sutro

1932
Three on a Match poster

Three on a Match

Movie · as Mary Keaton

1932
The Famous Ferguson Case poster

The Famous Ferguson Case

Movie · as Maizie Dickson

1932
The Crowd Roars poster

The Crowd Roars

Movie · as Anne Scott

1932
Lawyer Man poster

Lawyer Man

Movie · as Olga Michaels

1932
Union Depot poster

Union Depot

Movie · as Ruth Collins

1932
Big City Blues poster

Big City Blues

Movie · as Vida Fleet

1932
Make Me a Star poster

Make Me a Star

Movie · as 'Flips' Montague

1932
Central Park poster

Central Park

Movie · as Dot

1932
Miss Pinkerton poster

Miss Pinkerton

Movie · as Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton

1931
Blonde Crazy poster

Blonde Crazy

Movie · as Anne Roberts

1931
The Public Enemy poster

The Public Enemy

Movie · as Mamie

1931
Night Nurse poster

Night Nurse

Movie · as Maloney

1931
Illicit poster

Illicit

Movie · as Helen 'Duckie' Childers

1931
Big Business Girl poster

Big Business Girl

Movie · as Pearl

1931
Millie poster

Millie

Movie · as Angie

1931
The Reckless Hour poster

The Reckless Hour

Movie · as Myrtle Nichols

1931
My Past poster

My Past

Movie · as Marian Moore

1931
Other Men's Women poster

Other Men's Women

Movie · as Marie

1931
God's Gift to Women poster

God's Gift to Women

Movie · as Fifi

1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' poster

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'

Movie · as Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)

1930
The Office Wife poster

The Office Wife

Movie · as Katharine Murdock

1930
Sinners' Holiday poster

Sinners' Holiday

Movie · as Myrtle

1930
Broadway's Like That poster

Broadway's Like That

Movie · as Ruth's Pal

1930
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee poster

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

Movie · as Self

1930
The Voice of Hollywood poster

The Voice of Hollywood

Movie

1930
The Heart Breaker

The Heart Breaker

Movie

1930
The Devil's Parade

The Devil's Parade

Movie